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For example, 14-karat (58.33%) gold was named "56-zolotnik gold" in Russia. As one karat means 1/24, one zolotnik is 1/4 karat. As one karat means 1/24, one zolotnik is 1/4 karat. 91 zolotnik Russian silver has a millesimal fineness of 947.9. 88 zolotnik has a fineness of 916.6.
Soviet jewelry falls under the category of art, antiques and collectibles which are all grouped and defined as Movable Cultural Property. [1] [2] Although all Soviet jewelry can be called art, most of jewelry from USSR is considered to be collectibles and some, depending on the jurisdiction under which they are located, are (or soon to become) legitimate antiques.
The company was founded by Alexey and Elena Sokolov in 1993 in Krasnoye-na-Volge, Kostroma Oblast, Russia, a place known for jewelry manufacturing since the 19th century. The parents of the company founders used to work at Krasnoselskaya Jewellery Factory, established in Soviet times to consolidate smaller jewelry manufacturers. [3]
Schitteren aan het Russische Hof) was the second jubileum exhibition in Amsterdam by the H'ART Museum, focussed on the personal taste for luxury by Russian nobility. [1] [2] The show, which was planned to run from 14 September 2019 to 15 March 2020, suffered from the pandemic and was extended twice, ending finally 16 October 2020.
It helped the company to expand its own chain: in 2014, 258 stores totaled 6 billion rubles in revenue, making it the 6th largest jewelry retailer in Russia. [2] [5] By 2020, the company operated 350 stores and an online marketplace that offered Sunlight along with other jewelry brands, such as Sokolov, Aethet, Bronnitsky Jeweller, and more. [3]
Since Februrary, Amazon has been playing Santa Claus to Ukraine, delivering planeloads of goods, including blankets, hygiene kits, diapers, food, and toys, for the war-torn nation and refugees in ...
A La Vieille Russie is a New York City-based antique store specializing in European and American antique jewelry, Imperial Russian works of art, 18th-century European gold snuff boxes, and objets d’art. [1] Founded in Kiev in 1851, A La Vieille Russie later relocated to Paris around 1920 and to New York thereafter.
Growing evidence suggests Russian forces are stealing art and cultural artifacts from Ukraine on a scale not seen in Europe since the Nazi plunder of World War II.